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Noun: sticklerism
  1. The behaviour of a stickler; inflexible adherence to rules.
    "We, the intellectually curious, may soon find ourselves trapped in a pen, fenced in by rule-bound sticklerism and overzealous concern for our personal safety, unless we exercise our civil liberties and our curiosity,"

Type of: conscientiousness, inflexibility, painstakingness, rigidity, rigidness

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